DollopCheap vegan meals
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Vegan dinners at $2.50 or less a serving, with no meat, fish, dairy, eggs or honey in any ingredient. Beans, lentils, rice, pasta and vegetables make them filling. The cheapest is Slow cooker Cuban black beans at $0.87 a serving, and the average here is $1.70.
Slow cooker Cuban black beans
$0.87 a serving
500 min
Veg hakka noodles
$1.12 a serving
30 min
Nigerian fried rice
$1.14 a serving
55 min
Shiro wat
$1.15 a serving
40 min
Moroccan harira
$1.15 a serving
60 min
Schezwan fried rice
$1.16 a serving
30 min
Chickpea noodle soup
$1.16 a serving
45 min
Vegan mac and cheese
$1.17 a serving
25 min
Instant Pot red lentil dal
$1.18 a serving
40 min
Instant Pot jollof rice
$1.19 a serving
55 min
Lentil sloppy joes
$1.21 a serving
55 min
Kung pao chickpeas
$1.22 a serving
35 min
Microwave peanut butter ramen
$1.23 a serving
10 min
Mexican red rice with black beans
$1.29 a serving
40 min
West African–style peanut stew with sweet potatoes
$1.30 a serving
45 min
Cabbage yakisoba noodles
$1.32 a serving
25 min
Ethiopian red lentil stew (misir wot)
$1.33 a serving
55 min
Black beans and rice
$1.35 a serving
40 min
Instant Pot lo mein
$1.37 a serving
25 min
Chickpea adobo
$1.39 a serving
35 min
Cajun fried rice
$1.39 a serving
30 min
Ethiopian-spiced red lentils and collard greens
$1.40 a serving
55 min
Georgian kidney beans with walnuts (lobio) and cornbread cakes
$1.40 a serving
45 min
Chana masala
$1.41 a serving
45 min
Microwave vegan bolognese
$1.42 a serving
20 min
Sopa de fideo (Mexican noodle soup)
$1.43 a serving
25 min
Serbian baked beans with caramelized onions (prebranac)
$1.43 a serving
80 min
Ethiopian cabbage and potatoes (atakilt wat)
$1.43 a serving
50 min
Koshari (Egyptian lentils, rice and pasta)
$1.46 a serving
70 min
Kongnamul bap (Korean bean sprout rice)
$1.47 a serving
55 min
Air fryer sesame chickpeas with broccoli
$1.48 a serving
35 min
Akara (black-eyed pea fritters) with pepper sauce
$1.49 a serving
40 min
Korean BBQ black bean tacos with quick slaw
$1.49 a serving
30 min
Chickpea salad sandwiches
$1.50 a serving
15 min
Red beans and rice
$1.51 a serving
45 min
Tallarín saltado de verduras (Peruvian stir-fried noodles)
$1.51 a serving
30 min
Rad na (Thai gravy noodles with broccoli)
$1.57 a serving
40 min
Mushroom barley soup
$1.58 a serving
70 min
Tofu fried rice
$1.58 a serving
65 min
Peanut noodles with cucumber and carrots
$1.61 a serving
25 min
Turkish red lentil patties (mercimek köftesi)
$1.62 a serving
60 min
Masala oats
$1.63 a serving
25 min
Slow cooker chickpea korma
$1.63 a serving
330 min
Black bean and sweet potato tacos
$1.63 a serving
45 min
Moroccan-spiced couscous with chickpeas and carrots
$1.65 a serving
25 min
Sweet chili noodles with vegetables
$1.65 a serving
25 min
Puerto Rican rice and beans
$1.69 a serving
45 min
Creamy white beans and rice
$1.69 a serving
45 min
Vietnamese-style caramel chickpeas
$1.70 a serving
35 min
Red lentil soup with lemon
$1.70 a serving
45 min
Spaghetti puttanesca
$1.71 a serving
30 min
Slow cooker cabbage soup
$1.73 a serving
440 min
Jamaican red pea soup with spinners
$1.73 a serving
70 min
Yellow rice with vegetables (arroz amarillo)
$1.76 a serving
45 min
Jamaican rice and peas with steamed cabbage
$1.76 a serving
40 min
Lentil picadillo with rice
$1.77 a serving
55 min
Tofu adobo
$1.78 a serving
55 min
Kenyan coconut kidney beans (maharagwe) with rice
$1.79 a serving
40 min
Garlicky white bean and spinach pasta
$1.81 a serving
30 min
Kung pao noodles
$1.81 a serving
30 min
Air fryer tofu nuggets
$1.82 a serving
55 min
Romanian white bean mash with caramelized onions (fasole bătută)
$1.82 a serving
40 min
Jollof spaghetti
$1.87 a serving
60 min
Crispy pan-fried tofu
$1.88 a serving
45 min
Sheet pan chickpeas and sweet potatoes with tahini
$1.88 a serving
45 min
Sheet pan gochujang chickpeas and broccoli
$1.89 a serving
40 min
Spanish fideos with chickpeas
$1.89 a serving
45 min
Vegetable pancit (pancit bihon)
$1.90 a serving
35 min
Vegetable pilau (East African spiced rice)
$1.90 a serving
60 min
Loaded sweet potatoes with chili-lime black beans
$1.91 a serving
70 min
Air fryer salt and pepper tofu
$1.92 a serving
45 min
Sheet pan teriyaki vegetable rice bowls
$1.92 a serving
45 min
Southern red rice with okra
$1.96 a serving
80 min
Hoppin’ John (black-eyed peas and rice)
$1.96 a serving
40 min
Sheet pan chickpeas and eggplant with tahini
$1.96 a serving
45 min
Air fryer tostones with Cuban black beans
$1.97 a serving
40 min
Instant Pot red bean jambalaya
$1.98 a serving
45 min
Lentil soup
$1.99 a serving
65 min
Quinoa and chickpea salad
$2.02 a serving
45 min
Vegetable lo mein
$2.02 a serving
35 min
Easy vegetable soup
$2.08 a serving
55 min
Teriyaki tofu
$2.09 a serving
45 min
Sheet pan BBQ chickpeas and potatoes with slaw
$2.14 a serving
50 min
Chakalaka and pap (South African beans and cornmeal)
$2.16 a serving
40 min
Slow cooker coconut lentil curry
$2.16 a serving
430 min
Roasted cauliflower tacos with lime slaw
$2.16 a serving
45 min
Air fryer tofu katsu
$2.17 a serving
50 min
Tofu tacos
$2.18 a serving
40 min
Chickpea tikka masala
$2.18 a serving
45 min
Peruvian green rice (arroz verde)
$2.18 a serving
50 min
Sweet and sour chickpeas
$2.20 a serving
40 min
Instant Pot Jamaican curry chickpeas and potatoes
$2.20 a serving
40 min
Smoky black bean soup
$2.20 a serving
40 min
Microwave Spanish chickpeas and spinach
$2.21 a serving
12 min
Mushroom fried rice
$2.23 a serving
25 min
Spanish baked rice with chickpeas (arroz al horno)
$2.24 a serving
60 min
Air fryer Thai crunch salad with crispy tofu
$2.25 a serving
45 min
Greek white bean soup (fasolada)
$2.26 a serving
50 min
Roasted carrot ginger soup
$2.28 a serving
75 min
Sizzling veggie fajitas
$2.28 a serving
35 min
Costs and nutrition are estimates for one serving, worked out from typical US grocery prices and standard nutrition values for what each recipe uses.
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